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1 A NOAA funded partnership of research institutions, state and regional resource managers, and private sector companies interested in developing and applying sensor technologies for monitoring coastal environments.

2  Supports development of the US Integrated Ocean Observing System (IOOS) and its Regional Associations  Based on a 2000 workshop of academics, resource managers, and private sector companies  Funded by NOAA’s Coastal Service Center, Charleston, South Carolina  Made up of a Headquarters office, Partner institutions, a Stakeholder Council, and Alliance Members  An evaluation program for sensor technologies  An information clearinghouse for sensor technologies  A forum for capacity building ACT Organization and Functions ACT Organization - Headquarters, Partners, Stakeholder Council, Alliance Members

3 Alliance for Coastal Technologies (ACT) Coastal Services Center Gulf of Maine Ocean Observing System Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute Moss Landing Marine Laboratories University of Michigan Cooperative Institute for Limnology & Ecosystems Research Alaska SeaLife Center University of Alaska (Joining Soon) ACT Organization - Headquarters, Partners, Stakeholder Council, Alliance Members www.act-us.info

4 Membership:  Up to 21 members with term appointments  Recruited from private sector companies and environmental management agencies  Representing geographic and sector diversity Objective:  Prioritizing technologies to be evaluated and workshop topics  Participating in decision making process to ensure ACT focuses on service-oriented activities  Fostering interactive flow of information between various users and disciplines critical to success of ACT Stakeholder Council ACT Organization - Headquarters, Partners, Stakeholder Council, Alliance Members

5 Membership:  Collaborating institutions, companies, and organizations involved in developing and/or use of coastal sensor technologies  Organized into regional Alliance Chapters. Objective:  Fostering interactive flow of ideas and information between various users and disciplines critical to the success of ACT Alliance Members ACT Organization - Headquarters, Partners, Stakeholder Council, Alliance Members Kept abreast of current ACT activities Identify regional issues Provide advice on technology foci Participate in developing ACT Workshops

6  US-ACT is collaborating with European colleagues in an effort to form a EuroACT  EuroAct will eventually include partners from each European eco-region  First workshop was held in Lisbon on 1-2 March 2004 and hosted by  EuroAct Partners currently seeking EU funding EuroACT ACT Organization - Headquarters, Partners, Stakeholder Council, Alliance Members  Assure common/standardized technologies  Encourage joint opportunities in technology development  Exchange information

7 Technology Evaluations Activities  Recent/Present Testing: In Situ Dissolved Oxygen Sensors test performed summer 2004 results / reports now available at www.act-us.info In Situ Fluorometers for measures of chlorophyll now underway – 8 sensors submitted for testing at 7 partner locations – 56 individual tests Next evaluation on Turbidity Sensors – RFT recently published  Testing Guidelines developed with a verification trial in winter 2002-2003 ACT Functions - Testbed, Clearinghouse, Capacity Building

8 ACT has completed a Performance Verification of four in situ dissolved oxygen sensors: Aanderaa, Greenspan, In-Situ and YSI. Complete Verification Statements and Detailed Testing Protocols can be downloaded from the ACT website (http://www.act- us.info/evaluation/Past-eval.php). Instrument performance demonstrations and verifications are necessary so that effective existing technologies can be recognized and so that promising new technologies can become available to support coastal science, resource management, and ocean observing systems.

9  Information on ACT mission, structure, and background  Information on process and results of ACT technology evaluations.  Updates on upcoming and reports on past workshops and seminars  A searchable sensor technology database… Data and Information Clearinghouse Web Site: www.act-us.info ACT Functions - Testbed, Clearinghouse, Capacity Building

10 Past ACT Technology Workshops PY: 2 (2002-2003)  Biosensors for Harmful Algal Blooms  Developing Acoustic Methods for Surveying Groundfish  In Situ Nutrient Sensors  Data Telemetry from Remote Coastal Sensors and Platforms  Rapid Identification of Coastal Pathogens ACT Functions - Testbed, Clearinghouse, Capacity Building Project Year 3 (2003-2004)  Biofouling Prevention Technologies  Dissolved Oxygen Sensors  Surface Current Radar  Nano-Technology Systems for Water Quality  Optical Particle Counters  Management Applications for AUVs and Gliders  Acoustic Remote Sensing  Underwater Remote-Operated Vehicle

11 ACT Functions - Testbed, Clearinghouse, Capacity Building Workshops in Project Year 4 (2004-2005)  Autonomous Geno-sensors/Genetic Probes (USF, January 2005).  In situ Methods for Carbon Species (UH/SOEST, February 2005).  Coastal Groundwater Contamination Sensors (SkIO, March 2005).  In Situ Fluorometery (GoMOOS, February 2005).  Transfer of Medical Technology to Coastal Monitoring (CBL, April 2004).  Remote Imaging Technology II: Trace Metal Sensors for Coastal Monitoring (MLML/MBARI, April 2005).

12 Upcoming Workshops: Project Year 5 (2005-2006) August 2005 -- Turbidity (UH/SOEST) September 2005 -- Current Meters (GoMOOS) October 2005 -- Application of Drifting Buoy Technologies for Coastal Watershed and Ecosystem Monitoring (UM/CILER) November 2005 -- Remote Imaging Technology 1: Optical Remote Sensing (MLML/MBARI) January 2006 -- Dissolved Oxygen Sensors II (USF/ORION) February 2006 -- Seabed Sensors (SkIO) March 2006 -- Meteorological Buoy Sensor Systems (CBL-UMCES)

13 Autonomous Microbial Genosensor-Prototype 1 COT USF, January 2005 Genetic Sensors for Environmental Water Quality Workshop report available online at http://act-us.info

14 Gulf of Mexico Partner: University of South Florida College of Marine Science 140 Seventh Avenue South St. Petersburg, FL 33701 luther@marine.usf.edu www.act-us.info

15 Harmful Algal Blooms - GCOOS Gulf of Mexico Regional Workshop St. Petersburg, FL Attendees included coastal zone managers and other state and federal agency representatives, researchers working with HABs, in situ and remote sensing observationalists, and modelers.

16 Foci Identify observations and products needed to support –Early HAB alerts –Frequent updates on locations of existing blooms –Timely forecasts of HAB trajectories including landfalls –Probabilities that bloom will occur based on environmental conditions.

17 Recommendations made for Integrated data system HAB Bulletin Ocean Observations Models Standards and Protocols New Research and Development needed

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